Web Directory

» Creating Custom Bootable OpenBSD CDs
   Instructions on creating custom, bootable OpenBSD CD-ROM images.
   http://www.shockley.net/obsd-bootcd.asp

» IPFilter Upgrading HOWTO for OpenBSD
   Instructions on how to update the IPF packet filtering code to the latest revision.
   http://www.tfsb.org/ipf-openbsd/

» Introduction to OpenBSD Networking
   Learn how to setup the basic networking features of OpenBSD and turn it into a secure Internet router for your home network.
   http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/248

» MultiBoot - OpenBSD and FAT/NTFS Windows
   Guide to setting up a multiboot system with OpenBSD and Windows. Covers partitioning your drive and booting the OS with an appropriate boot loader.
   http://www.nomoa.com/bsd/dualboot.htm

» OpenBSD - first time installation aids
   Learn how to configure removable storage devices, manage software packages, administer users, installing the bash shell and other miscellaneous tips.
   http://www.nomoa.com/bsd/installation.htm

» OpenBSD 6bone router
   Configuring OpenBSD to work as a router for IPv6 networks.
   http://rollcage.bl.echidna.id.au/IPv6/openbsd.html

» OpenBSD Installation
   Detailed installation instructions and configuration for OpenBSD 2.9.
   http://www.dpsite.com/OpenBSDInstall.html

» OpenBSD Kernel Compilation and Optimization
   A walkthrough of the process to recompile your OpenBSD kernel to achieve optimum performance.
   http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/10/31/OpenBSD.html

» OpenBSD Upgrading Mini-FAQ
   Walkthrough on sync'ing your OpenBSD system to -current or -stable sources.
   http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade-minifaq.html

» OpenBSD for ResNet
   Configuration information for setting up OpenBSD in the university resnet environment.
   http://www.unc.edu/~asnaylor/resnet/openbsd.html

» OpenBSD on Virtual PC
   Instructions on running OpenBSD in Connectix Virtual PC.
   http://slagheap.net/openbsd

» OpenBSD: Administration Functionality
   A table displaying common services with the name of the program in OpenBSD, how to manage system services, configuration files locations and additional notes.
   http://www.darwinsys.com/openbsd/admin.html

» Opening the Source Repository with Anonymous CVS
   Whitepaper by OpenBSD founder, Theo de Raadt, and AT&T researcher, Charles D. Cranor, describing the development and concepts of the Anonymous CVS source file distribution mechanism.
   http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/cranor_f.html

» Operating Network Services Under OpenBSD
   Short article discussing how to install, configure, secure, and automate network services.
   http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/27/OpenBSD.html

» PXE daemon
   Implementation of the Intel PXE bootstrap protocol for OpenBSD.
   http://www.kano.org.uk/projects/pxe/

» Soft Updates
   Whitepaper by Marshall Kirk McKusick and Gregory R. Ganger on eliminating synchronous writes in the Fast Filesystem. Included in OpenBSD since OpenBSD 2.7 Release.
   http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix99/mckusick.html

» Soft Updates v. Journaling
   Whitepaper exploring the benefits of Soft Updates and journaling, comparing their behavior on both micro-benchmarks and workload-based macrobenchmarks.
   http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/general/seltzer.html

» Stripped-OpenBSD
   Effort to produce a reduced installation of OpenBSD for more secure usage in server environments.
   ftp://ftp.wiretapped.net/pub/security/operating-systems/openbsd-stripped/

» proctools
   Provides the pgrep and pkill commands, which, respectively, scan for and send signals to processes that are matched by command line options.
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/proctools